family man
"family-man" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“family man” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | family man |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “family man” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
family man is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.".
No misspelling variants are generated for family man in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is family man, spelled F-A-M-I-L-Y- -M-A-N.
Definition
- 1An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “family man”
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- The one correct English spelling is F-A-M-I-L-Y- -M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.